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On the 20th, Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province held a launch ceremony for the 'Citizen Safety Keepers' at the City Hall Ace Hall, who will carry out citizen rescue and crime prevention activities in various crisis situations.

The launch ceremony was attended by Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin, Kim Seong-gu, Chief of Yongin Eastern Police Station, Kim Byeong-rok, Chief of Yongin Western Police Station, Ahn Gi-seung, Chief of Yongin Fire Station, Jang Jae-gu, Chief of Yongin Western Fire Station, and about 400 people including heads of related organizations and Citizen Safety Keepers.

At the 'Citizen Safety Keeper' launch ceremony held on the 20th at Ace Hall, Yongin City Hall, attendees are pledging to create a safe city.
[Photo by Yongin City]

The 'Citizen Safety Keepers' consist of 1,432 members from the city's ▲park managers (226 people) ▲mountain area cleanup monitors (53 people) ▲volunteer firefighters from the fire station (958 people) ▲school safety keepers from the Office of Education (195 people). While performing their respective duties, they play a role in helping with rapid response by immediately reporting to 112 when they detect crisis situations related to crimes.

The Citizen Safety Keepers initiative was promoted following a proposal by Kim Seong-gu, Chief of Yongin Eastern Police Station, and agreement from attending organization heads during the 'Yongin Special City Safety Culture Salon' meeting held at Yongin Eastern Police Station last March. The purpose is to unite the efforts of various organizations to assist police security activities, as careful observation and rapid response are crucial to protect citizens from abnormal motive crimes occurring in public facilities such as subway stations and parks.

Accordingly, Yongin City, Yongin Eastern and Western Police Stations, Yongin Fire Station, and Yongin Office of Education signed a business agreement last month at the Safety Culture Salon held at Yongin Western Police Station to ensure smooth operation of the Citizen Safety Keepers.

Mayor Lee said, "I thank all the members of each organization who joined in the spirit of pooling strength and wisdom for citizen safety with the city, police stations, fire station, and Office of Education," adding, "We will continue to unite our efforts in various ways for citizen safety."

Meanwhile, the launch ceremony was also attended by Alp Aiba Blickberg, Deputy Director of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Northeast Asia Regional Office. Deputy Director Blickberg's visit followed Yongin City's official membership and commencement of activities in MCR (Making Cities Resilient) 2030, a campaign led by UNDRR to build cities resilient to climate change and disasters.

UNDRR was established in 1999 with the aim of reducing disaster risks and minimizing damage caused by disasters to achieve sustainable development through international cooperation. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has five regional offices and one training and research institute worldwide, including Nairobi, Kenya, and Incheon, Republic of Korea.

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